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Election Commission
New Third Gender Electors in Age-group of 18-19 years in West Bengal in 2019
Kolkata, March 22, 2019
In 2019, the total number of new voters belonging to third gender in the age-group of 18-19 years in West Bengal is 145. Murshidabad district of West Bengal comprises the maximum number of such kind of electors. Here, the number is 26. Next in position is North Dinajpur. Here, the number of new third gender electors is 16. Nadia is in third position so far as the number of new third gender electors is concerned. Here, the number is 14. Kalimpong and Darjeeling have the lowest number of such electors. In both the districts the number of such electors is respectively 1.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Prime Minister says India’s exports rising rapidly, world rating agencies recognizing India’s potential
Indian youth have put the country in the top three of world StartUp ecosystems: PM at Red Fort
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, speaking from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 77th Independence day today, said that India’s exports is rising rapidly and the world is saying that India will not stop now. World rating agencies are praising India and in the new world order post-Corona, the ability of Indians is being recognized, he said. At a time when the global supply chains were disrupted, we showed the world that the solutions can be found only by focusing on human needs, he said. Prime Minister said that today India has become the voice of global South and Indian economy is now a part of global supply chain, providing it stability.
Speaking on Startups, Prime Minister said that the youth of India have placed the country in the top three StartUp ecosystems of the world. He added that the youth of the world are amazed at this development, amazed seeing the ability of India’s youth. Today’s world is technology driven and given the talent that India has in technology, we will have an important role to play in the world. Prime Minister also noted that the world leaders of the most developed nations have recognized the success of digital India, and want to know more about these initiatives.
Ministry of Defence
Curtain raiser: Indo-Mongolian Joint Exercise Nomadic Elephant 2019
14th edition of Indo – Mongolian joint military training, Exercise Nomadic Elephant-XIV, being conducted over a period of 14 days, will commence from 05 Oct 2019. The exercise will be conducted from 05 Oct 19 to 18 Oct 19 at Bakloh. The Mongolian Army is being represented by officers and troops of the elite 084 Air Borne Special Task Battalion while Indian Army is being represented by a contingent of a battalion of RAJPUTANA RIFLES.
Nomadic Elephant-XIV is aimed at training troops in counter insurgency &counter terrorism operations under United Nations mandate. The Joint Exercise will enhance defence co-operation and military relations between the two nations. It is an ideal platform for the armies of both the nations to share their experiences & best practices and gain mutually during the joint training.
The joint training aims at evolving various tactical drills in counter-terror environment like Convoy Protection Drill, Room Intervention Drills, Ambush/ Counter Ambush Drills, while jointly conducting counter terrorist operations under UN mandate. The joint training will also lay emphasis on conducting operations by a cohesive subunit, comprising of troops from both the armies, in an adverse operational conditions thus enhancing the interoperability between the two armies. The training planned by both the contingents will go a long way in capacity building for conducting joint operations by the two armies.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
IREDA Registers All-Time High Half-Yearly PAT
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency , a PSU under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy today announced audited financial results for Half-year-1 and Quarter-2FY2021-22 ending 30th September 2021.
The companyhas posted Total Income from Operations of Rs. 684.80 crore and Profit After Tax  of Rs. 110.27 crore for Q2 FY22. The company has reported all-time high half-yearly PAT of Rs. 299.90 crore.
The Board of Directors of IREDA approved the Audited Financial Results for H1 & Q2 FY 2021-22 ending 30th September 2021in a meeting held today while lauding the company’s performance and growth.
Highlights of Half Yearly results ended on 30th September 2021as compared to corresponding period during FY 2020-21 as follows:
- Profit After Taxgrown to Rs. 299.90 crore against Rs. 206.63 crore. 
- Total Income from Operationsincreased to Rs. 1386.97 crore against Rs. 1284.94 crore. 
- Reduction in Net NPA :4.87% against 5.79% 
- Net-worth:Rs. 3333.19 crore against Rs. 2742.98 crore 
Highlights of Q2 FY 2021-22as compared to corresponding period during FY 2020-21 as follows:
- Loan Sanction:Rs. 5925.12 crore against Rs. 1172.32 crore 
- Loan Disbursement:Rs. 3584.90 crore against Rs. 2041.34 crore
Ministry of Defence
Air Marshal Sandeep Singh AVSM VM assumes the Appointment of Vice Chief of the Air Staff
Air Marshal Sandeep Singh AVSM VM took over as Vice Chief of the Air Staff  on 01 Oct 21. An alumnus of National Defence Academy, the Air Marshal was commissioned in the flying branch of IAF in Dec 1983 as a Fighter pilot. The Air Officer is an Experimental Test Pilot and a Qualified Flying Instructor. He has rich and diverse experience in operational and experimental test flying on various types of fighter aircraft and has flown about 4400 hours.
During his nearly thirty eight years of service in the IAF, the Air Marshal has held numerous important command and staff appointments. He has commanded Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment, a frontline air base and an operational fighter squadron. He has held the appointments of Assistant Chief of the Air Staff , Senior Air Staff Officer at HQ Eastern Air Command and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff at Air Headquarters. Prior to assuming the current appointment, he held the appointment of AOC-in-C South Western Air Command.
The Air Marshal is a recipient of Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Anti-Erosion Measures
Flood management including erosion control falls within the purview of the States. Flood management and anti-erosion schemes are formulated and implemented by concerned State Governments as per their priority. The Union Government supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical guidance and also promotional financial assistance for management of floods in critical areas. Integrated flood management approach aims at adopting judicious mix of structural and non-structural measures to provide a reasonable degree of protection against flood damages at economic cost.
To strengthen the structural measures of flood management, Ministry had implemented Flood Management Programme  during XI & XII Plan for providing Central Assistance to States for works related to flood control, anti-erosion, drainage development, anti-sea erosion, etc. which subsequently continued as a component of "Flood Management and Border Areas Programme"  for the period from 2017-18 to 2020-21 and further extended up to September 2022 with limited outlay.
From the State of West Bengal, 18 projects were included for central assistance under FMP component of ongoing Flood Management and Border Area Programme  of Ministry of Jal Shakti. The 16 completed projects have given protection to an area of around 0.937 Lakh ha and protected a population of about 2.35 million. Central assistance amounting to the tune of Rs. 1051.96 Crore has been released to the State of West Bengal under FMP. Bank protection, anti-erosion measures, river training works are also carried out by Farakka Barrage Project on River Ganga within its jurisdiction of 12.5 km upstream & 6.9 km downstream of Farakka Barrage. During last ten years, an expenditure of Rs. 165 Crores has been incurred by Farakka Barrage Project for implementing such works.
For Non structural measures, Central Water Commission  is the nodal Organisation entrusted with the task of flood forecasting & early flood warnings in the country. CWC has 16 flood forecasting stations  and 80 gauge stations in the State of West Bengal. During flood season 2021 ending 31st December 2021, a total of 488 forecasts have been issued for West Bengal out of which 466 have been found to be within the accuracy limit which works out to 95.49%.
This information was given by the Minister of State, for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
If music be the food of love, satiate your love of films with ‘The King of all the World’
IFFI 52 to open with the international premiere of the Spanish musical ‘The King of all the World’ 
Panaji, 19 November 2021
Asia’s oldest and largest celebration of films is set to open with a musical which is sure to summon our innate human appreciation for the power of music and its boundless power to nurture and create bonds. Yes, the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India is going to begin with ‘The King of all the World’ , a Spanish musical drama about the making of a musical show.
Directed and written by Carlos Saura, the Mexico-Spain co-production is an artistic attempt to connect Spain and Mexico and recover the connection that existed between the two countries, by mixing music and dance in both new and modern versions.
The film follows the story of celebrated Mexican choreographer Sara who is invited by stage director and Sara’s ex-husband Manuel G to help him prepare a new musical show. The film also has a young Ines who will appear as a rising star while dealing with her father and local mob.
The film which seeks to explore the threads that bond the two nations together features a stellar cast of actors and dancers from both countries. Led by Ana de la Reguera, Manuel García Rulfo, Damián Alcázar, Enrique Arce, Manolo Cardona, Isaac Hernández and Greta Elizondo.
IFFI 52 delegates will embark on the nine-day celebration of cinematic excellence with an immersion into the musical confluence of tragedy, fiction and reality. The film festival is being held in Goa in hybrid mode, during November 20 – 28, 2021.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and Israeli Defence Minister telephonically discussfurther strengthening defence ties
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh had a telephonic conversation with Defence Minister of Israel Lt Gen Benjamin Gantz here today. Both the Ministers expressed satisfaction at the progress of strategic cooperation between the two countries and discussed possibilities of further strengthening the defence engagements.
They also expressed satisfaction at the ongoing collaboration in research and development in fighting pandemic COVID-19 which will not only benefit the two countries but also aid the larger humanitarian cause. Raksha Mantri invited greater participation of Israeli defence companies under new liberalised foreign direct investment  regime in defence manufacturing. The two Ministers exchanged views on regional developments. Defence Minister of Israel responded positively to an invitation from Shri Rajnath Singh to visit India at the earliest opportunity.
National Financial Reporting Authority
Regulatory Impact Assessment  for revision of existing Accounting Standards
In accordance with Rule 6 of National Financial Reporting Authority Rules, 2018, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India  has submitted to National Financial Reporting Authority  an Approach Paper for revision of existing Accounting Standards of Companies that are not required to follow Indian Accounting Standards . Alongwith the Approach Paper, the proposed texts of 18 revised Accounting Standards  out of a total of 32 revised ASs expected to be prescribed upon completion of this AS revision project was submitted by ICAI.
NFRA notes that most of the companies to which these proposed revised ASs will apply are Private Limited Companies. Many of the companies are of very small net worth or turnover or indebtedness or a combination of these. They would be mostly owned by small families, sometimes along with a small circle of friends and relatives. Therefore, public interest in the General Purpose Financial Statements  of these Companies would most likely be minimal. There are a number of Revised ASs which are very large and complex and may not be relevant and useful to the limited users of GPFSs of these Companies. The expected standard audit cost to perform reasonably good quality audit, performed in compliance with the letter and spirit of the Standards on Auditing  is significantly more than the presently reported audit fee ranges i.e., a very large percentage of AS Companies have reported Payment to Auditors of less than ₹ 25 thousand.
Based on the findings above, and persuaded by the limited extent of public interest in the GPFSs of AS Companies, and the need for enabling a regulatory environment conducive for their economic growth, NFRA has recommended to the ICAI that a Regulatory Impact Assessment be conducted of this revision proposal, duly including all the standard features of such a process, and, in particular, to take action as follows:
- The Approach Paper should be developed in a transparent manner after extensive nation-wide consultation with the primary stakeholders i.e., the Preparers – MSMCs  and Auditors - MSMPs . ICAI is requested to send NFRA the analysis of the public comments on the Approach Paper if the ICAI had performed any such public consultation in the past.
- Comprehensive study and research should be undertaken on the costs to the Preparers of compliance with these Revised ASs and their technical resource capacity, which should be evaluated against the likely benefits to all the stakeholders of AS Companies.
- ICAI should reconsider the Structure, Form and Contents of Revised ASs for AS Companies and align the same to the nature, size and complexity of the ASs, to their commercial needs, business size, capacity to comply with the prescribed standards, and relevance to their primary users.
ICAI’s Approach Paper and NFRA’s response to the ICAI Approach Paper have been posted on NFRA’s website at:
https://nfra.gov.in/sites/default/files/Letter%20to%20Secretary%20ICAI%20reg%20Recommendations%20of%20ICAI.pdf
Prime Minister's Office
Electronic Manufacturing Cluster in Dharward will greatly benefit the people of Dharward and surrounding areas: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that Electronic Manufacturing Cluster in Dharward will greatly benefit the people of Dharward and surrounding areas. It will also boost Karnataka’s strides in the world of manufacturing and innovation, Shri Modi added.
In a tweet thread Union Minister, Pralhad Joshi informed that Karnataka’s Dharwad district got the Electronic Manufacturing Cluster. The cluster will attract Rs 1,500 crore in investment and create 18,000 jobs, which will strengthen the economy of the district as well as the state.
Responding to the tweet threads by Union Minister, Pralhad Joshi, the Prime Minister said;
“This will greatly benefit the people of Dharward and surrounding areas. It will also boost Karnataka’s strides in the world of manufacturing and innovation.”
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Schemes for socio-economic and educational empowerment of the six notified minority communities
The Government has implemented various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of every strata, including minorities, especially the economically weaker and lesser privileged sections of the society, through various schemes of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Rural Development.
Ministry of Minority Affairs has specifically implemented various schemes, including Pre Matric, Post Matric and Merit-cum-Means Scholarship schemes, across the country for socio economic and educational empowerment of the six notified minority communities. The National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation , a PSU under Ministry of Minority Affairs, provides educational loan for education abroad, at low rate of interest, exclusively to students belonging to minority communities. It has also been observed that benefits of interest subsidy that got accrued to the beneficiaries under the Padho Pardesh scheme were limited and also that there is an overlap with other similar schemes being implemented by other Ministries viz. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and Ministry Of Tribal Affairs, which are applicable to eligible minority community students as well. In view of the aforesaid overlap, limited benefits and ease of availing education loans on low rate of interest, it has been decided to discontinue Padho Pardesh Scheme from 2022-23 onward. The Scheme benefitted 20,365 beneficiaries since inception. As of now, there is no proposal to reconsider the continuation of the Padho Pardesh Scheme.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
Ministry of Finance
No Extension of the Financial Year
There is a fake new circulating in some section of media that the Financial Year has been extended. A notification issued by the Government of India on 30th March 2020 with respect to some other amendments done in the Indian Stamp Act is being misquoted. There is no extension of the Financial Year.
The Finance ministry said that a notification has been issued by the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance on 30th March, 2020 which relates to certain amendments to the Indian Stamp Act. It pertains to putting in place an efficient mechanism for collection of Stamp Duty on Security Market Instruments transactions through Stock Exchanges or Clearing Corporation authorized by Stock Exchanges Depositories. This change was earlier notified to be implemented from 1st April, 2020. However, due to the prevailing situation, it has been decided that the date of implementation will now be postponed to 1st July 2020.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves signing of an MoU between Union Public Service Commission, India and Independent Administrative Reforms and Civil Services Commission, Afghanistan
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding  between Union Public Service Commission , India and Independent Administrative Reforms and Civil Services Commission , Afghanistan.
The MoU will strengthen the relationship between IARCSC and UPSC. It will facilitate sharing of experience and expertise of both the parties in the area of recruitment.
Salient Features of the MoU:
- Exchange of experience on modern approach to public service recruitment and selection, particularly the functions of the UPSC and the IARCSC.
- Exchange of information and expertise including books, manuals and other documents which are not of a confidential nature.
- Sharing of expertise in the use of Information Technology  in the preparation of written examinations and holding of Computer Based Recruitment Tests and Online Examinations.
- Sharing of experience in Single Window System for expeditious scrutiny and speedy disposal of applications.
- Sharing of experience and expertise on various processes involved in examination system.
- Organize training sessions for officials, including short attachments to the Parties’ secretariat/headquarters on all matters concerned by the respective mandate of the parties.
- vii. Sharing of experience on the modalities adopted on adult of processes and procedures followed by various Government Agencies in recruitment of posts under the delegated power.
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Ministry of Finance
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15% increase in GST Collection Year-on-Year 
There has been an increase of 15% in GST Collection in the month of December  as compared to the month of December . This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Also, the Minister stated, the monthly GST revenue is more than 1.4 lakh crore for 11 consecutive months in the FY 2022-23. The details of GST collection for FY 2022-23 are as under:

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Month
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2021-22
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2022-23 (till
Feb, 2023)
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April
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1,39,708
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1,67,540
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May
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97,821
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1,40,885
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June
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92,800
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1,44,616
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July
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1,16,393
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1,48,995
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August
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1,12,020
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1,43,612
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September
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1,17,010
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1,47,686
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October
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1,30,127
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1,51,718
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November
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1,31,526
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1,45,868
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December
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1,29,780
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1,49,507
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January
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1,40,986
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1,57,554
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February
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1,33,026
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1,49,577
Ministry of Communications
Extension of last date to receive counter comments on TRAI consultation paper on “Assignment of Spectrum for Space-based Communication Services”
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India  had released a consultation paper on “Assignment of Spectrum for Space-based Communication Services” on April 06, 2023. The last date for receiving written comments on the issues raised in the Consultation Paper from the stakeholders was fixed as May 04, 2023 and for counter comments as May 18, 2023. Considering the requests of stakeholders and industry associations, the last date for submission of written comments and counter comments was extended up to June 01, 2023 and June 15, 2023 respectively.
In response to the issues raised in the consultation paper, comments from 64 stakeholders have been received, and these are available on TRAI’s website. Keeping in view the request of Industry Association for extension of time for submission of counter comments, it has been decided to extend the last date for submission of written counter comments up to June 22, 2023. No further requests for an extension would be considered.
The counter comments may be sent to Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor , TRAI, preferably in electronic form at advmn@trai.gov.in and he may be contacted for any clarification/information at Telephone Number +91-11-23210481.